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Giant acceleration of free diffusion by use of titled periodic potentials
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The effective diffusion coefficient for the overdamped Brownian motion in a tilted periodic potential is calculated in closed analytical form. Universality classes and scaling properties for weak thermal noise are identified near the threshold tilt where deterministic running solutions set in. In this regime the diffusion may be greatly enhanced, as compared to free thermal diffusion with, for a realistic experimental setup, an enhancement of up to 14 orders of magnitude.
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REIMANN, Peter, et al. Giant acceleration of free diffusion by use of titled periodic potentials. Physical Review Letters. 2001. Vol. 87, num. 1, pags. 010602-1-010602-4. ISSN 0031-9007. [consulted: 17 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/13254